Main tasks
As FP&A Manager, you are responsible for leading financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and strategic business partnering across manufacturing operations. This role drives operational and financial performance through insightful analysis, robust planning processes, and strong collaboration with stakeholders.
You will play a key role in supporting decision-making, improving profitability, strengthening cost control, and ensuring accurate financial visibility across the business.
Core Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting process
- Develop rolling forecasts and long-range financial plans
- Perform sensitivity and scenario analysis to support strategic decisions
- Deliver detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year performance
- Provide financial insight into sales, production, labour, overheads, and profitability
Manufacturing & Operational Finance
- Analyse manufacturing costs including labour, material usage, waste, and overhead absorption
- Monitor inventory valuation and stock movements
- Evaluate manufacturing efficiency and operational KPIs
- Support CAPEX planning and investment appraisals
Business Partnering
- Partner with operational leaders to improve financial performance
- Support department heads with budget ownership and accountability
- Challenge assumptions and identify financial risks and opportunities
- Present financial results and recommendations to senior stakeholders
Reporting & Systems
- Deliver monthly management reporting packs accurately and on time
- Improve reporting automation and dashboard capabilities
- Support ERP and BI system development initiatives
- Ensure financial governance and compliance with internal controls
Master we are looking for ?
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in FP&A, commercial or operational finance within a manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of manufacturing accounting (incl. standard costing and inventory management)
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills
- Experience with ERP systems (preferably JDE) and BI tools
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Experience in multi-site manufacturing is a plus
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing / continuous improvement methodologies
- Experience in managing or mentoring finance team members
Strong presentation and data visualisation skills
Masters of Malt's treasure
We offer an attractive salary and benefits package and as part of a global organization can offer career opportunities internationally. As Masters of Malt we want to be a great employer, focusing on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration and health and wellbeing. We live our values, putting people at the heart of what we do.
- “Strive” - our ambition is to be the best maltster that's why every day we commit to challenge ourselves to achieve the highest level.
- “Care” - our strength is magnificent when we care for our earth, our colleagues and our business partners. We encourage trust, respect and treat each other with respect. We believe that Diversity makes us stronger.
- “Inspire” - We adopt a long-term orientation delivering sustainable performance through innovation and digitization, becoming praised Masters of Malt.
- "Explore” – thinking out of the box and embracing pioneer ideas to become a source of motivation, we like challenging the status quo to develop full potential.
The company
BOORTMALT is a global malting company with a 3 million tonnes production capacity. The group is present on 5 continents with 27 malting plants. Boortmalt's expertise is widely acknowledged by brewers, distillers, and food industries, who rely on the supply of top-quality barley malts.
The Boortmalt Group is a fully owned subsidiary of the agricultural and agribusiness cooperative Axereal. Our relationship with Axereal, Europe's largest grain cooperative, ensures us access to high-quality barley year-round.
